Located in the ICT park on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, the wingu.africa data center ecosystem started construction early in October 2021. While phase one was completed mid this year, Safaricom joining the market as the alternative mobile network operator to state owned Ethio Telecom, has pushed us to over 70% occupancy to date. The...
Paratus Namibia said its N$123-million Armada Data Centre (DC) facility, scheduled for launch in Windhoek in August this year, is the country’s first carrier-neutral datacentre, and will offer network operators and individual colocation tenants freedom of choice as well as peace of mind in respect of connectivity resilience. In May the company announced the launch of the...
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world’s digital infrastructure company™, today announced its expansion into Africa through its intended acquisition of MainOne, a leading West African data center and connectivity solutions provider, with presence in Nigeria, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. The acquisition is expected to close Q1 of 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions including the requisite regulatory approvals. The transaction has an...
Teraco Data Environments has completed construction of its JB3 data centre facility, located within the Isando Campus in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg. In a statement, the company says this multibillion-rand facility represents a strategic addition to Platform Teraco, offering enterprises a scalable platform for IT infrastructure deployment, while sustaining performance, reliability, security and wide network...
Botswana Fibre Networks (BoFiNeT) intends to facilitate low latency connectivity for Angola, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe via its 1 000sqm Tier III datacentre. According to BoFiNet the datacentre will be operated as a tier 3+ Uptime Institute certified vendor neutral facility open to all carriers, telecommunications companies and service providers. “With our tier 3+ national...
The Botswana Fibre Networks (BoFiNet) is building a Tier III+ standard, vendor-neutral Data Centre at the Botswana Innovation Hub that will improve performance, efficiency and reliability of business critical infrastructure in the ICT sector. The state-of-the-art facility, owned by the State-owned wholesale provider of national and international telecommunications infrastructure, will host at least 400 racks...
During September 2020, the Ethiopian Ministry of Innovation and Technology will launch the call for tenders to recruit the company that will design and build the national Tier 3 data center. Through this infrastructure, the government is preparing for the country’s entry into the digital economy. The government of Ethiopia will soon equip the country...
State-owned telecommunications company Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel) has unveiled the Zamengoe Datacentre, a tier III datacentre located on the outskirts of the capital Yaounde and touted as the biggest in the Central African sub-region. The datacentre is part of Cameroon’s National Broadband Network II Project and is located at the historic Zamengoe site, the country’s first-ever...
Raxio Data Centre has announced the presence of nine new local fibre carriers at its Namanve-based carrier-neutral facility.
Liquid Telecom Group's owned Africa Data Centres had announced the completion of the acquisition of a viable 'Tier IV' Data Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.
